A severely injured Marine now enrolled at the University of South Carolina will receive the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama next month, the White House announced Monday.
Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter, a retired U.S. Marine, will receive the Medal of Honor on June 19 in a ceremony at the White House.
Carpenter is the eighth living recipient to be awarded the medal for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. He is being recognized after he threw himself onto a grenade to save the life of a friend.
“Over there, each other is all we have,” Carpenter told Katie Couric on Jan. 27 during a television interview.